29 Apr – 23 Sep 2026
Tokyo, Japan
mori.art.museum
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Artist Ron Mueck presents a focused survey of his work in Japan, marking his second solo exhibition in the country since his 2008 retrospective at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa. Known for his hyperreal figurative sculptures, Mueck builds each work through close observation of the human body, rendering moments of vulnerability, tension, and introspection with an altered sense of scale that unsettles perception.
Bringing together eleven works, the exhibition traces the development of his practice from early pieces to recent sculptures, including Mass (2016–17) and the rarely exhibited Angel (1997). Originally presented by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris in 2023 before traveling internationally, the exhibition also includes photographs and films by Gautier Deblonde, offering insight into the processes behind Mueck’s sculptural production.
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